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Microsoft Teams: How to disable participant cameras to reduce bandwidth?
If the covid health crisis had an upside, it’s that it democratized remote work at record speed. For nomads like us, this is great news. While working 100% remotely might have made some prospects hesitate before, that’s no longer the case at all! Everyone is now used to using Zoom, Teams, or other Google Meet. The problem with video conferencing is that it consumes a lot of bandwidth (and it increases with the number of participants). A 30-minute video call with 4 people uses up 900 MB! When I have a wifi connection that’s too weak for a good quality call, I sometimes use my phone’s 4G. During a recent…
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My Current Favorites [February 2022]: Graphic Novels, Comics
For Valentine’s Day, let’s talk about some books on love and sex. The Incredible Story of Sex It’s a graphic novel about the history of sex, from the beginning to today. The Incredible Story of Sex has 2 volumes: The first on the West The second on Africa, Asia, and the Middle East The drawings are cute without being too explicit or vulgar. It covers sex, of course, but also taboo, religion, patriarchy, women’s rights, and more. For example, throughout the history of sex in the West, you can see how certain things that were totally accepted before become taboo over time because of an unfounded belief—or because SO-AND-SO said…
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[Test & Review] Morphée Box: Sound Issues & Won’t Turn On After 1.5 Months
Have you ever heard of the Morphée Box machine? It’s a machine that helps you sleep, and sleep well. I’ve always been a sleepyhead, able to fall asleep anywhere: on a crowded bus, on a plane, on a boat… but because of my health issues, the quality of my sleep has decreased : I have nightmares, or I grind my teeth until I wake up with a terrible headache. Despite many hours of sleep, I feel like I haven’t slept at all and my well-being is plummeting. I thought about playing texts and sounds from the Calm app… but having a speaker or a phone right above my head, even…